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U.S. stocks added to losses and Treasury debt prices turned negative after the minutes were released.

The March meeting minutes noted “a couple” of members thought additional stimulus might be needed if the economy loses momentum or inflation remains too low for too long.

That contrasted with a much broader characterization in January, when the minutes cited a few members as seeing a possible need for additional easing before long, and others thinking stimulus might be required if economic conditions worsened.

Still, the Fed remained sober about U.S. economic prospects.

Members “generally agreed that the economic outlook, while a bit stronger overall, was broadly similar to that at the time of their January meeting,” the minutes said.